The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1887-02-06
TURF TALK.
suburban Chanccs-iyy city Chat-li"rscs
and IIprscncu.

Whenever one meets n horscmam the first
question asked is, "What do YOU think oi the
suburban weights ~ Ever since the weights
FOR the great spring hanlicaps We're announced
the whole sporting world has been busy trying
To pick the suburban winners. The suburban
handicap, taken all around seems to give sat
isfaction OF course there are plenty OF horse.
men this year, as there was last, ready To find
fault with this or any handicap. This one has
too much or that one not enough Is heard on
all sides from dissatisfied owners. To most of
the horscmcn wntcring here fremont, with ll6
pounds, seems To have the worst of II. In lSSF
when Mr. Lawrence put Ill pounds on Wanda
her owner declared her out at once, and II is 10
he presumed the Dwyer Bros. will lo the same
with the black champion of the I. Y. {. They
would hardly start him when he has M many
of the valuable thrce-ycar-old stakes at his
mercy. Hanover, with l0I pounds, will doubt
less lie the stables representative, AMI he is not
out Of 1t by any means. Troubadorr, last years
winner, Is very properly the top weight, with
1870 pounds, hui 1t is hardly probable Capt. Brown
will start him. George Kinney failed to handle
l3. pounds two years ago, and he was head and
shoulders above The son of Lisbon. or the
heavy weights, The Bard, l2,i pounds, seems To
have the best chance, and he will he sure TO
carry lot of public money. Jim Gray, llo
pounds, Is also one of the dangerous division,
and Rataplan Is, is sure To claim share of
public money IL he comes to the post III, which,
however, is very doubtful. The company will
he n little too rich for old Barnum. Rupert
and Exile, ll5 pounds each, will both be
knocking Mt the door when the winner gets
home. Exile will carry great deal of Brigh-
ton Beach money, and when "'lhe Beach
ers' put their own money on 1t is pretty safe To
follow Frank Ward, 1l3 pounds, has fair
impost, and, though he has been coughing some
this winter, he is better now and with the ad-
vantage of the early work he will get he should
have some chance. Masterpiece, ll5 pounds,
may have chance, hut it Is certainly not on
public form. just how he happened To get
such an impost Is somewhat of a mystery.
I Test, Ill pounds, is very fast mare and Is
well in. She will carry deal of Western
| money and with as good n chance to land 1t ior
hackers as anything in the race. Savanac, lta
| pounds, is a fast horse, and the same race he
/ ran for last years suburban will not soon bc
| forgotten. II is understood here that he win
tered well and his legs are good again. If this
| IT, true the horse that beats him will come very
near getting The money. OF those In the lighter
division, from 30 to 100 pounds, Pasha seems
To have the best chance. MIR. Burch has hin
> now, and he never looked better In his life
SHOULD he continue To improve rs he has dur
ing the past few months 1t ia not out of tn,
line of possibilities that we may he called upon
10 congratulate n well-known merchant n
being the owner of a suburban winner. Dccla
raiions are due February 20, after which there
will lie a better chance To pick the winner.
Worimcn have hecn busy at Ivy City for Tia,
past week repairing the roofs Of the stables
They needed it badly enough but what Is needed
worse Is new stables. There are three larg
brick buildings on the grounds that have no
been used since the last fair. At present the,
are neither useful nor ornamental, and with al
expenditure of n few hundred dollars The
could he made into very comfortable stables
Messrs. McMahon, Burh, Jennings, Danaher
and Davis & Hall all winter their horses here
and race at the spring meetings. Surely the
need better accommodations than those no\
offered. II is understood the Fair Association
contemplate great many improvements thi
summer, If the necessary funds can he secured
After the stables are built n shell walk shoul
he laid from each one Ia the grand stand.
doe Mcmahon has a full brother to Fran
Ward.
Col SpragIe will not he trained this yeal
MIR, Burch will turn him out on the Riggs iarI
To see If he will not get back the form he dis
played in lss5.
RiggOnet has not grown an inch, but she wi
4, he hard mare 10 beat with light weights.
II is understood that Byron McCleland, Nj
Sc"tt's late trainer will open public stable I
l Lexington, Ky, this spring. McClelland is
. competent young trainer and one who alwa,
| looked ont for his employers interests
Frank Ward has been coughing some tn
winter, hut looks as fine as silk now.
Swift was fired last last fall and her legs loo
4 as good as new.
: There isn't better looking horse at the trac
5 than BoaH.
:. The stable of II. C. Ditmas, with nine horse
including Portland, the crack twoyear old
!, lS>5, Is expected about The middle of Il
s month from New York,
e Jimmy Lee, with cvMayor Nolan's horse
II will lie here from Saratoga this month. Bourk
Il Cochran, and kirliman are in the string.
+ Mr. ". f. Burch has the Trayers Cup
s lSs'', won by liersan, at his home on Ihi
a street This probably is the only racing q,
:, that ever came 10 Washington,
q Mr. Burcl will have - new jockey this So
r son. The young mans name is lleilbrlin.
9 has been in the cigar business on Pennsylvan
II avenue for a number of years.
! The track IN 10 he put in perfect order
" soon rs the weather permits.
le There isn't u pranicr looking mare In I
IN country than rce Doe. II she comes tn 4
n post III and well whoever beats her In I
.r Shccrshcad Bay handicap will get the money,
III There H. Il movement ON foo, Ia give da,
9, racing for the benefit Of the pension fund |
' disabled policemen at Ivy city some time
~ May. Managed properly, il should be u II
Is cess and net handsome amount To wort
e, fund. There II no more popular sport III
VI racing, and there Ia reason why The poll
- should not sell several thousand tickets.
a. Winter books have been opened on
n, Kentucky Derby in New York,